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(AP) Electric car manufacturer Tesla wants a compromise that will allow it to stay in business in North Carolina.The California automaker is sitting down with the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association ahead of state House meetings on a bill that effectively ...
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(AP) An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers — a functioning 1976 model — has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000).German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called ...
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(AP) It seems the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control.Gridlock still prevails and drivers' blood pressure still spikes as LA's traffic arteries seize up during morning and afternoon rush hours.Yet, with the ...
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(AP) One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott headed to a friend's house. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls planned to party.That night Audrie Pott got drunk. She was allegedly sexually assaulted by three boys. A humiliating photo was ...
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(AP) Here's a look at Netflix since its stock peaked in July 2011 at nearly $305. Netflix had just announced an unpopular price increase in the U.S., and investors got worried by the intensity of the customer backlash. Even after subscriber ...
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(AP) A person with direct knowledge of Hulu says the video site is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders.The person wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke Friday ...
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(AP) In the first three months of the year, Netflix gained 2 million U.S. Internet subscribers, thanks in part to the success of the political drama "House of Cards," which debuted in February. Netflix is expected to get another boost this ...
15 hours, 40 minutes ago
(AP) News Corp. is planning to split into two companies. One company will operate as a newspaper and book publisher and will retain the News Corp. name. The other will be an entertainment company, called 21st Century Fox.Here's how the split ...
15 hours, 40 minutes ago
(AP) Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will lock up more subscribers to its Internet video service.The award-winning show about the dysfunctional Bluth family returns Sunday, seven years after its demise. The revival coincides ...
15 hours, 40 minutes ago
(AP) News Corp. says its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies.News Corp. also said Friday that the target date for the split is June 28. The company holding its TV ...
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(AP) Taiwan has lowered its economic growth forecast for 2013 to a muted 2.4 percent as global demand for the island's electronics exports remained subdued.In February, the government predicted 3.6 percent growth this year. The economy grew 1.3 percent in 2012.The ...
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(AP) Internet radio company Pandora reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening rose above 2.5 million.The net loss in the three months ending April ...
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(AP) Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.Soon it will take only the click of a mouse ...
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(AP) Computer maker Lenovo Group says its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded.Lenovo Group said Thursday it earned $127 million, or 1.22 cents per share, in the three months ending March 31. ...
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(AP) Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated ...
15 hours, 40 minutes ago
(AP) Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins.Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, ...
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(AP) "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her.Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez says she's opening a chain of cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Mobil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones ...
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(AP) Hewlett-Packard's slump is deepening as the world's largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices.A quarterly earnings report released Wednesday provided the evidence of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s deteriorating condition.The results included ...
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(AP) Clearwire wants to accept a richer buyout offer made by Sprint this week and is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of it.Sprint upped its bid by 14 percent to $2.5 billion Tuesday for the wireless data network operator.Some shareholders ...
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(AP) Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U ...
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(AP) This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week.The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?" a ...
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(AP) Hewlett-Packard will provide an update on its efforts to rise above the sinking PC market when it releases quarterly earnings Wednesday after the closing bell.The quarter will likely reveal how far HP still must go.Revenue is expected to fall, which ...
15 hours, 40 minutes ago
(AP) Will gamers want One?After four years of development, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One entertainment console and touted it as an all-in-one solution for playing games, watching TV and doing everything in between. Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be central ...
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(AP) An Arizona restaurateur's online rants against unhappy customers has become an Internet sensation _ and taught small businesses an important lesson about keeping customers happy.Amy and Samy Bouzaglo of Amy's Baking Co. in suburban Phoenix made headlines last week after ...
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(AP) Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of ...
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